@article{article_189411, title={Fractures of the ankle
Fractures of the ankle}, journal={Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica}, volume={23}, pages={1–3}, year={2006}, DOI={10.3944/aott.v23i1.1042}, author={Taser, Omer and Goksan, Alp and Asik, Mehmet}, keywords={ankle;fractures}, abstract={In this study 151 patients who were operated for the ankle fracture between 1980 and 1988 and also 277 patients who were conservatively treated between January 1987 and April 1988 in Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department of Istanbul Medical Faculty were taken into consideration. It has been seen that ankle fractures which comprised a high percent (%1.6) in all patients who applied to our emergency department. We showed that the ratio of patients who had operative treatment had been steadily increasing in the recent years. The concept about the necessity of primary intemal fixation in open fractures has been discussed in the light of literature knowledge.}, number={1}, publisher={Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology}